Shameless Surrender by Jaymie Holland

When I need a short and quick read while I waiting for my library holds Netgalley never fails to deliver. Interestingly, or not maybe not surprisingly, the shortest books are often erotic.

Chessie Lane is an executive assistant to Nick Tarantino and she is madly and hopelessly in love with him. But he does not know it. All her waking and dreaming fantasies are of Nick but when Nick sells his company Chessie is devastated that she will no longer be in his presence. Too chicken and insecure to confess her feelings previously, Chessie considers letting them be known. Before she has a chance to do so she discovers an envelope on her desk and inside of it all it says is: “Tonight“. Could this be from Nick? Is there a chance that Chessie will finally get to act out on her feelings and express her love?

Again, and I have said this before, I know that erotic books are meant to be fantasies and not anything truly feasible but I always struggle with fakeness and unrealism of it all. I guess it kills the mood for me? Like oh! This super rich, really hot guy, wants me and he also happens to be madly in love with me. He also owns a really posh BDSM club that will fulfil all my sexual fantasies, he also wants to buy me really expensive things and lavish extravagant surprises on me and will make all my dreams come true and fill all my insecurities… Oh, annnnnd he wants to marry me *swoon*! Barf. The sex scenes were pretty decent thankfully. That is this books redeeming quality.

I have always had strong opinions on mushy or silly love stories. I am not sure what that says about me as a person. It is not that I don’t appreciate a love story but it better be well done and when it comes to erotica the stories are, more often than not, about really raunchy sex and I guess the added love stories always seem out of place.

I would still recommend this books as just because I do not enjoy that type of story it does not mean that someone else won’t and the sex scenes alone are worthwhile, especially if you like a bit of BDSM. Though the book may be a bit tame for those that are hardcore into BDSM, it is nice for those who perhaps enjoy the basics or the idea of it. Overall, it was the nice quick and easy read that I needed.